It took approximately 10 years for Windows 2000 to arrive. In 1993 the new version of NT 3.1 shipped, followed by 3.5, 3.51, and 4. NT 5 arrived on the heels of the new millennium with a new name: Windows 2000. Shortly after that and at the beginning of 2001, the Windows XP operating system (formerly code-named "Whistler") was introduced. Though Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional are both a multipurpose operating system with integrated support for client/server and peer-to-peer networks, each system has …showed first 75 words of 777 total…

…showed last 75 words of 777 total…from a performance standpoint, Windows XP is a worthy successor to 2000" (Gasior, 2001). Works Cited Etesting labs (2001). Microsoft: Windows XP Performance Study. Retrieved September 4, 2004 from http://www.veritest.com/clients/reports/microsoft/msxp.pdf Gasior, Geoff (2001) The Tech Report. TR's Windows performance comparison As if you needed another trilogy. Retrieved September 4, 2004 from http://techreport.com/reviews/2001q4/os/index.x?pg=9 .Net Advisor (2001) Microsoft Windows XP and Office XP. Retrieved September 4, 2004 from http://dotnetadvisor.net/doc/07792